The following from Colton, Ohio, was published in the Toledo Blade last week, which we reproduce by request:

Colton, March 27. For some years, up to about five years ago, there lived a man and his wife by the name of Bartholomew Mansfield and Mary Mansfield, upon a farm of 40 acres of land belonging to them within 80 rods north of Texas, in this county, and about two and three-quarters south of this place. Bart. Mansfield, as he was familiarly called, took sick and died about that time, leaving his wife childless; but previous to his death some two or three months he made a will, bequeathing his property (realty 1, consisting of a farm, etc.,) to one John Mansfield, his nephew, a non-resident of the State. In this provision for his nephew his (Mansfield's) widow was to have a life estate in the farm upon which they were living at the time, and to have and to hold the same, for her said use, as long as she lived, of which she accepted of under the will. In the meantime, since the death of her husband, she became acquainted with and married Mr. P. McGrane, a farmer, and are living upon the Mansfield place at the present time.

As Mrs. McGrane had never seen her former husband's nephew, and having some curiosity to learn of his whereabouts, she advertised in the Irish and Catholic World, hoping to hear something from him. In her advertisement she mentioned the fact that he had been left an heir to his uncle's estate after her death. Nothing was heard from the desired information until lately a man produced himself, sailing under the name John Mansfield, the nephew and heir, as he called himself, to the Mansfield estate, probably getting his information through the advertisements in the papers, as it is said he does not answer the description of the man wanted in the least. Parties here state that before he made his appearance at Texas and at the farm of Mrs McGrane, he had been loafing around Holgate and Napoleon, and was trying to dispose of his interest in the Mansfield farm, the place being worth some $3000 or $4,000. He offered his interest on the farm subject to the life of Mrs. McGrane, for $200. Mrs. McGrane is a woman somewhat advanced in years, and the amount he offered to sell for is a trifling consideration for the property, and the suspicions of persons knowing the value of the place were aroused at once. Finding that he would be detected in his attempted swindle, he left and went to Napoleon and came very near roping in Dan. Hartnett, Esq., our County Recorder, Mr. Hartnett knowing the farm. I learned he made him an offer of $875, which the unknown man accepted, and was about to pay him an advance on the purchase, when he concluded he would wait awhile and make some further inquiries about the man and the purchase. The next thing heard of this fellow he turns up at Topia, Minn., where he claimed to McGrane and his wife when here, that he had a sister living with the editor of the Clinton Herald, at or near Topia, by the name of Mary Mansfield. Mr. McGrane addressed a letter of inquiry to the editor of the Herald, but was informed in return that no such person or persons lived there, and never had, as far as he could learn. Before leaving Napoleon, it is said, he called upon Messrs. Tyler & Donnelly, attorneys, wanting them to hunt him a buyer for his future claimed farm at any figure, probably in order to get hold of some money in a fraudulent way. Efforts will be made to stop any transactions of the kind and the fellow brought to justice if he persists in the error of his way.