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Show Ills Itirtliday In Frli.ro The M tier a in en to ftVJootl. j Ban Francisco, 22. Washington's : birthday was celebrated by a partial suspension of business. Flafjs wt;re did played throughout the city and on the shipping in tho harbor. A review of the national guard was the only j demonstration made. I A Sacramento dispatch saya the loveo on And rot) island, in a delia of j ; the river, broke yesterday and thati island and Jlrannan is'and, which ia connected with it by rlikea, were1 flooded. Yesterday afternoon tho, levee on Grand island also broko and 1 the island is now flooded. These j three islands contain abuut 30,UtH ucree, nionlly in a high state of cultivation. culti-vation. The high bank of land along the rivers aie mostly devoted to orchards and vegetable larms, while the interior is a broad expunge of wheat Ileitis. The damage must be immens-1, though the estimatn ol the Sacramento correspondent, $15,-000,000 $15,-000,000 to $20,000,000 is undoubtedly 1 a grots exaggeration, eteaman and barges bvo been sent from S-icra-mauio toreacue livestock if possible. The Hooding of these islands and tint adjacent main land has lowered the river at Sacramento. The water in tbe village of Washington opposite in consequence is falling rapidly on tho seepage and drainage of water in Sacramento. The weather, clear for the last two days, now clouding up attain. j |