June 30 Thursday – The Brooklyn Eagle, page 2, ran a paragraph about baseball in Elmira that included a remarkable new role for Sam.

A noteworthy contest is to take place at Elmira, N.Y. on Saturday, on which occasion Mark Twain and the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher are to act as joint umpires in a game played by the old time ball players of Elmira of the two local clubs that made Elmira lively in 1866 and 1867, reorganized almost as they were for this occasion. The players of twenty years ago are not representative business and professional men of Elmira. Governor Hill is to be present. Each club will have an umpire, and Mr. John R. Joslyn will be the referee. Fancy Mark Twain as an umpire with players kicking against his decisions and the Rev. Thomas Beecher striving to preserve “peace and good will to men” in the ranks. (See July 3 entry)

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote to Sam, “Telegram and letter rec’d. Expressed two boxes of segars same evening….Telegraphed the segar makers to ship 500 to Htfd immediately” [MTP].

Check #  Payee  Amount  [Notes]

3753  Mrs. K.S. Cook  29.27  Millinery

3754  Fox & Co  21.75  Grocers