A rumor that a bolt of lightning had struck President Lowell's house at 17 Quincy Street yesterday afternoon could only be confirmed by the absence of a number of bricks from the top of the chimney. Servants in President Lowell's home, asked if more serious damage had been done to the interior did not deny the rumor. Eye-witnesses report that the bricks were strewn over the roof by the power of the bolt.
In attempting a landing, a Freshman crew, which was caught in the river, during the storm, ran up on the float of the Weld boat house ripping off a plank, and injuring the shell.
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HONORARY DEGREES AWARDED THIS MORNING